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(41,702 posts) Mon Jan 1, 2018, 08:15 PM Jan 2018

Need some help - please suggest names of towns/cities that are HARD TO SPELL [View all]

My 10 year old grandson is an award-winning speller and I'm very proud of him. I challenged him to learn how to spell Punxsutawney (small town in Pennsylvania) and he learned it. Proud Grandma that I am, I gave him $5.

Now I have to come up with even more challenging names and I thought maybe you guys could help me out.
I guess I should probably limit it to towns and cities in the USA, just to play fair.

Let me know what you come up with.

Happy BLUE Year 2018!

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Need some help - please suggest names of towns/cities that are HARD TO SPELL [View all] FakeNoose Jan 2018 OP

Albuquerque. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #1

Great! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #2

Schenectedy (did I spell that right?) dawg day Jan 2018 #118

"Schenectady" lastlib Jan 2018 #133

I was close, but no cigar! dawg day Jan 2018 #147

Cincinnati. Rio de Janeiro. Dulcinea Jan 2018 #158

Scituate, Massachusetts CurtEastPoint Jan 2018 #3

Tualatin, Oregon CurtEastPoint Jan 2018 #4

Two good ones - thanks! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #5

Ypsilanti Michigan irisblue Jan 2018 #6

Woah! this is bigly stuff FakeNoose Jan 2018 #8

Here's a master list, starting with the "easiest" of the most difficult. lapucelle Jan 2018 #7

Awesome! thanks FakeNoose Jan 2018 #11

"They'll flog me tonight in Pflugerville" Dale Neiburg Jan 2018 #157

Native American place names in New England Mopar151 Jan 2018 #9

Wow thanks! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #16

A little trick with Google translate mitch96 Jan 2018 #92

Passumpsic, VT n/t sl8 Jan 2018 #63

Saguache CO madamesilverspurs Jan 2018 #10

Nice suggestions - thank you FakeNoose Jan 2018 #25

Worcester, MA - pronounced "Wooster (or Woostah!") NRaleighLiberal Jan 2018 #12

But that's a foreign language world wide wally Jan 2018 #121

another - Billerica MA - pronounced "Billricka" NRaleighLiberal Jan 2018 #123

You might get a kick out of this world wide wally Jan 2018 #130

Puyallup, WA; Sault Ste. Marie, MI. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #13

Two good ones - thanks! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #21

Ooltewah IamFortunesFool Jan 2018 #14

Good one thanks! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #18

Foatwuthtehxas ret5hd Jan 2018 #15

LOL - Fort Worth FakeNoose Jan 2018 #17

Schenectady, NY ailsagirl Jan 2018 #19

Good ones FakeNoose Jan 2018 #26

Shipshewana Indiana Chipper Chat Jan 2018 #20

Awesome thanks! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #68

Waxahachie Texas nocoincidences Jan 2018 #22

I've been saying it wrong all these years FakeNoose Jan 2018 #28

Mexia, TX (Short word, tricky pronunciation). Paladin Jan 2018 #23

Schenectady, NY. 3catwoman3 Jan 2018 #24

Yes Schenectady is a tough one FakeNoose Jan 2018 #35

Good for him. BigMin28 Jan 2018 #84

Check out Florida cities. We have some duzys. Lochloosa Jan 2018 #27

OK will do FakeNoose Jan 2018 #38

Wewahitchka, Loxahatchee, Miccosukee, and many more in Florida csziggy Jan 2018 #131

Kissimmee, Fl dewsgirl Jan 2018 #29

Thanks this is a tough one FakeNoose Jan 2018 #65

I've lived an hour away my whole life and go often dewsgirl Jan 2018 #136

Loxahatchee, Fl. Callmecrazy Jan 2018 #70

I went to junior high in Punxsutawney back in the late 1950's left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #30

I guess that explains it FakeNoose Jan 2018 #36

Locals don't call it Punxsutawney left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #43

This. Dulcinea Jan 2018 #159

OK, now ... left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #161

Hmm.... Dulcinea Jan 2018 #164

Well, y'all know Pittsburghers talk funny left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #165

Skowhegan, ME crazycatlady Jan 2018 #31

Nice one FakeNoose Jan 2018 #39

You also forgot an obvious one crazycatlady Jan 2018 #56

Vevay Indiana Chipper Chat Jan 2018 #32

OK good suggestion FakeNoose Jan 2018 #41

Okmulgee, Ok. n/t 5X Jan 2018 #33

Good one thanks FakeNoose Jan 2018 #50

Poughkeepsie, NY left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #34

This is hard for adults to spell FakeNoose Jan 2018 #45

Schenectady, NY MiniMe Jan 2018 #37

Madawaska, Maine, or TheCowsCameHome Jan 2018 #40

Both good suggestions FakeNoose Jan 2018 #61

Worcester and Leicester Massachusetts. CentralMass Jan 2018 #42

"wister" left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #49

I lived nearby for 54 years. It is definitely not Wooster. CentralMass Jan 2018 #52

You may be correct ... left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #62

Thank you for those excellent links. CentralMass Jan 2018 #97

I grew up in Pawtucket, my wife Lowell - it is "Woostah"! NRaleighLiberal Jan 2018 #124

I've been to a few PawSox games over the years and went to U-Lowell CentralMass Jan 2018 #126

My wife graduated from U Lowell! I went to some Paw Sox games too - ancient history! NRaleighLiberal Jan 2018 #132

Cool. Well I'm living in Oregon but MA will always be home.. CentralMass Jan 2018 #134

Yes these are both challenging FakeNoose Jan 2018 #60

Ypsilanti, MI Cirque du So-What Jan 2018 #44

Good suggestion FakeNoose Jan 2018 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #46

Dubuque, Iowa sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #47

Definitely going on my list FakeNoose Jan 2018 #64

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch madamesilverspurs Jan 2018 #48

Great idea for building "proofreading" skills FakeNoose Jan 2018 #54

Canajoharie? wendyb-NC Jan 2018 #51

Yes that's a good one FakeNoose Jan 2018 #55

North Jersey and Long Island teem with them. Igel Jan 2018 #53

Great suggestions, thanks! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #57

Nevada IA. Not pronounced like state. Ne-vay-da bobbieinok Jan 2018 #59

Ne-vawe-da Ne-vahh-da Ne-vay-da SharonClark Jan 2018 #74

Not sure about this one FakeNoose Jan 2018 #82

Chautauqua - New York forgotmylogin Jan 2018 #66

Wow - all good ones FakeNoose Jan 2018 #72

Duquesne no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 #67

Definitely a challenge FakeNoose Jan 2018 #71

Boerne, Texas & Manchaca, Texas DUgosh Jan 2018 #69

Great - I would have mispronounced these FakeNoose Jan 2018 #75

Kealakekua, Hawaii (Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a go swimming by) sl8 Jan 2018 #73

OK this one's a little crazy FakeNoose Jan 2018 #77

Surely. sl8 Jan 2018 #83

Awesome thank you FakeNoose Jan 2018 #86

A couple of doozies: Natchitoches, Louisiana, and Nacogdoches, Texas Glorfindel Jan 2018 #76

Wow - very challenging FakeNoose Jan 2018 #79

Pahrump could fool you, and there's always Kalamazoo NBachers Jan 2018 #78

Good ones, thanks! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #81

This (at around 2:20) can help him remember the Kalamazoo spelling spooky3 Jan 2018 #120

Pflugerville, Tx tazkcmo Jan 2018 #80

Mackinac Island. longship Jan 2018 #85

Yes this is a tricky one FakeNoose Jan 2018 #87

Even Better... Leith Jan 2018 #143

Massapequa Wwcd Jan 2018 #88

Good one thanks! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #90

"Top 10" - from huffpost Wwcd Jan 2018 #91

Schaghticoke, NY & Coxsackie, NY n/t sl8 Jan 2018 #89

Wow 2 good suggestions FakeNoose Jan 2018 #93

Thanks for adding the pronunciation. SKAT-a-coke Wwcd Jan 2018 #95

Lol..geezus! 😨 Wwcd Jan 2018 #94

Tahlequah, Oklahoma Mortos Jan 2018 #96

Good one FakeNoose Jan 2018 #100

Schaghticoke, NY redwitch Jan 2018 #98

Yes I'm adding this on my list FakeNoose Jan 2018 #102

Port Hueneme, Cahuenga,Ojai,Yucaipa...in CA Tikki Jan 2018 #99

Great thanks! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #104

Hueneme...'Y knEE mE ', Cahuenga...'Ka hung ga', Ojai...'O hI', Yucaipa...'U kI pa'... Tikki Jan 2018 #107

Chappaquiddick nocoincidences Jan 2018 #101

I thought it was on Martha's Vineyard? FakeNoose Jan 2018 #103

It is. nocoincidences Jan 2018 #108

Weeki Wachee, FL Motley13 Jan 2018 #105

Good suggestion - thanks! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #112

Moxahala, Ohio/a river in PA Youghiogheny doc03 Jan 2018 #106

Yes and Youghiogheny is another good one FakeNoose Jan 2018 #111

Moxahala is south of Zanesville. I ride the Yock bike trail a couple doc03 Jan 2018 #113

Cincinnati, Ohio has been known to trip people up. Tobin S. Jan 2018 #109

Yes it has FakeNoose Jan 2018 #110

Be gentle on this one. I lived here 2 years before I started spelling it right. lol. n/t CincyDem Jan 2018 #127

Albany, NY and Albany, GA greymattermom Jan 2018 #114

From WA. Sequim. Aeneas. Steilacoom. Puyallup. Snoqualmie uppityperson Jan 2018 #115

Hey - I learned how to pronounce those back in 1983! NRaleighLiberal Jan 2018 #125

You'd better buy a $5 bill printing press. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2018 #116

Skaneateles New York yankeepants Jan 2018 #117

From Long Island onlyadream Jan 2018 #119

Tchoupitoulas is a street in New Orleans catrose Jan 2018 #122

Ouachita, Natchitoches, Nagadoches, Bogue Chitto Hestia Jan 2018 #128

Maquoketa, ia justgamma Jan 2018 #129

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan! UrbScotty Jan 2018 #135

Wow - memories. 3catwoman3 Jan 2018 #141

My high school's band camp was at LSSU for a couple years UrbScotty Jan 2018 #146

We were there for 4 long winters. 3catwoman3 Jan 2018 #148

Fauquier and Loudoun Counties in Virginia GeoWilliam750 Jan 2018 #137

Poughkeepsie NY ("po-kip-see") cyclonefence Jan 2018 #138

Ooltewah, TN & Taliaferro County, GA CottonBear Jan 2018 #139

Togwotee Pass, Wyoming (toe'-ga-tee) WyLoochka Jan 2018 #140

Missoula or Kalispell Montana LiberalLoner Jan 2018 #142

"I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonapah" ♫ sl8 Jan 2018 #144

THANKS ALL! FakeNoose Jan 2018 #145

Cuyahoga Falls....Rehoboth Beach we can do it Jan 2018 #149

Longest town name in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll I bet the kid can spell it but Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #150

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in full VMA131Marine Jan 2018 #155

Thank you! When I googled it I said to myself I swear I remember this being a lot longer...!!! Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #160

Paducah, KY KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2018 #151

Puyallup, Issaquah, Waxahoochie gopiscrap Jan 2018 #152

Sequim and Puyallup Washington Thunderbeast Jan 2018 #153

We moved when I was six and my Dad insisted I learned to spell Ticonderoga Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #154

Yes I've been to Ticonderoga and Schuylerville FakeNoose Jan 2018 #163

Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Canada applegrove Jan 2018 #156

Coxsackie, NY TuxedoKat Jan 2018 #162

Gloucester, MA sakabatou Jan 2018 #166